Re: [PATCH] Fix broken debug output reserve_region_with_split()

Roland Dreier
2008-10-17T03:13:21Z

> + * Right now we handle:
> + *
> + * - 'F' For symbolic Function descriptor pointers
> + * - 'S' For Symbolic direct pointers), but this can easily be
> + * extended in the future (network address types etc).
> + * - 'R' For a struct resouce pointer, it prints the range of
> + * addresses (not the name nor the flags)

A little too much cut and paste -- the "easily be extended" bit at 'S'
doesn't really make sense in the middle of the list.

> + * Note: The difference between 'S' and 'F' is that on ia64 and ppc64
> + * function pointers are really function descriptors, which contain a
> + * pointer the real address.

you cut and pasted Linus's typo too -- "a pointer the real address"
should probably be "a pointer *TO* the real address"

- R.